Trouble Excerpt #1

I thought I’d post the first few lines from The Trouble with Family just for fun :)

Here is the Goodreads page for the book, if interested: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27855978-the-trouble-with-family

My dad is getting married. He made the announcement at dinner last night. Gram had just finished passing the tuna casserole to my brother, and I had a forkful of noodles mid-air, when he said it.

“I’m marrying Susan. We’re in love and that’s that.”

I assume he added the “that’s that” because he thought we were going to protest. But we didn’t protest at all. We just stared at him open-mouthed, no one saying a word. I was completely stunned. After what felt like an eternity of silence, Gram pushed her chair back and slowly stood up. I thought she was going to say the words my brother and I couldn’t seem to formulate but instead she picked up her plate and slammed it down hard onto the table, everyone ducking for cover as food flew through the air. Then she quietly walked into her bedroom and slammed the door, which shook my dinner plate like a tiny earthquake.